Coach (1989–1997): Season 2, Episode 9 - I've Got a Secret - full transcript
Christine accidentally announces on television that Hayden has secretly recruited Bo Whitley.
FEMALE NARRATOR: Coach is
filmed before a studio audience.
I have news, gentlemen,
and we can't let
anybody else hear it.
This is big.
Where have our teams
always been the weakest?
Linebackers.
Running back.
Wide receiver.
Special teams.
Passing!
We've always been
weakest at passing.
ALL: Oh, yeah. Right.
Come on, you guys, you know that's
where our trouble's always been.
We've never had
a great quarterback.
Until now.
Guess who wants to transfer
to Minnesota State?
Bo Whitley!
What?
What?
Bo Whitley's
leaving Missouri Tech?
Yeah. He said that if
we're willing to tear down
our entire program and
rebuild it around him,
he'll be willing
to transfer.
And I said, "Well, that's a little arrogant.
How soon can you get here?"
Whoa! Bo Whitley!
I can't believe it.
He's a franchise,
Hayden.
Yeah, he sure makes a mockery out of
the theory that this is a team sport.
Well, wait till people hear about this!
Oh, no! No!
Nobody's gonna hear about this.
Nobody.
Now, Bo's got a couple more
games to play at Missouri
and he doesn't want us to make an
announcement until the season's over.
Now, he said,
and he made it clear,
that if this leaks out,
we lose him.
I want everybody here
to take an oath of secrecy.
Okay, fellows, oath.
Come on. Oath.
(ALL MUTTERING)
Amen!
Amen.
Congratulations, gentlemen.
You're going to witness the dawn of
a new era here at Minnesota State.
But it doesn't leave this
room, remember that!
We got it. It doesn't
leave this room.
Dauber, you can
leave the room.
Oh.
Christine? Guess what?
Bo Whitley's
a first-class player
and we're going to build a
first-class program around him.
In fact, everything we do from
now on is going to be first-class.
(BURPING)
(CHRISTINE READING
NEWS ON TV)
Okay, everything we do from
now on is gonna be first-class.
Here's what I thought we'd do.
Let me diagram it.
Hey, can I turn off the TV?
I'm having trouble hearing.
Sorry, Luth, you know,
I want to watch Christine.
She always watches my ball games
and I always watch her broadcasts.
Right.
But you can
hit the mute button
until sports comes on.
Okay. Here's what
I thought we'd do.
Obviously, we move Bo
to quarterback.
What do we do with Danny?
Dauber,
Danny's graduating this year.
So soon?
He's been here
four years.
And he's not just leaving?
They're actually gonna
give him a degree?
Yeah, they're giving him a
degree in Economics or English...
Which one is it, Luth?
I don't know.
One of those E's.
Hey, turn up the TV.
Sports guy is on.
Up next, scores and
highlights with Bob Clifton.
Stay tuned.
MAN: And we're clear.
Two minutes, everybody.
BILL: Christine,
we're running long,
so we're gonna kill
your urban renewal story.
Got it.
Bob, you want to take the
damn gum out of your mouth?
So how's the luckiest football
coach in America doing?
I didn't hear that.
BILL: He said, "How's the luckiest
football coach in America doing?"
Thank you, Bill.
Come on, Christine. You have to
admit Hayden's had a lucky season.
I don't call 7 and 2 luck.
Neither do .
I call it a miracle.
I was being nice.
Why do you always do this?
She's getting hot.
She's getting hot, guys.
I am not getting hot.
I just don't know why we have
to go through this every night.
Because I'm interested
in your life, Christine,
and why you're dating the dumbest
football coach in America.
He is not the dumbest
football coach in America.
She's getting hot, guys.
Pat her down.
Could we just
drop this, please?
Hey, I'm just a fan.
I want to see my old school
do the best it can.
And they're doing
just fine with Hayden.
You don't know
your sports, Christine.
Take away this season,
and the guy's got a losing record.
And next year,
he's going right back
where he was before.
He is not.
He's losing his quarterback,
losing half
his offensive line,
and you know he's not
recruiting anybody decent.
Well, you don't know that.
Christine, I'm a TV journalist.
I read the papers.
He's got the same
group of second-stringers
and also-rans coming back
that he always has.
Well, you don't know that.
MAN: 30 seconds.
Everybody knows that.
He's a lousy coach!
Worst recruiter in America.
If he's the worst recruiter
in America,
how is he getting
Bo Whitley?
Bo Whitley?
He's getting Bo Whitley?
I didn't say that.
Yes, you did!
You said
he's getting Bo Whitley.
No, I didn't.
BILL: Christine, is that true?
We're getting Bo Whitley?
I said... l said Bo Diddley.
We're getting Bo Diddley.
He's going to play at our homecoming.
How the hell did Hayden Fox
ever land Bo Whitley?
MAN: 15 seconds.
Bob, please don't say
anything about this.
It's supposed
to be a big secret.
Can't we just keep this
between you and me
and the 30 people
in this studio
until Bo transfers next year?
MAN: In five, four, three...
Bob, please, please...
Pleased to be back.
Now here's my dear friend
Bob Clifton with sports.
Bob, there's a lot
of hockey fans out there.
How are
the North Stars doing?
Crummy. But buck up,
all you football fans.
This just in
from Minnesota State.
For all of you who
thought that next season
would be
just a rebuilding year,
it may turn out
to be a breakout year.
This reporter has learned
from a very reliable source
that Bo Whitley...
What?
...the All-American
quarterback from Missouri Tech
is transferring
to Minnesota State next year.
Holy cow!
Whitley has powered a virtually
unstoppable Tech offense
and he should be able to do the
same for the Screaming Eagles.
Now, if that's the case,
our hats are off to Coach Hayden Fox,
whose phenomenal luck this
season shows no signs of ending.
In other...
Where the hell
did he hear that?
Who leaked?
I didn't.
(STAMMERING)
Me, either.
Well, gee,
somebody told somebody!
I can't believe
after the speech you gave
any of the coaches
would tell anybody.
You didn't tell anybody, did you?
No, of course not.
I told Christine, but,
I mean, who would she tell?
Oh, I can't believe
Christine would blab.
I can't either.
I mean, she knows
how important this is to me.
It couldn't be her.
That's it for sports.
We'll have
a complete wrap-up at 11:00.
Back to you, Christine.
Christine?
CHRISTINE: Thanks, Bob.
We'll return with weather
in a moment.
All indications are it's
going to be a chilly night.
You going to Minneapolis?
Oh, yeah.
Boy, I wouldn't want
to be Christine right now.
When do you want
to be Christine?
Hey, we're all going out for dinner.
You gonna come?
You slimy, underhanded,
opportunistic, backstabbing,
bloodsucking little skunk!
Come on, Christine.
Turn that frown upside down.
Why would you
say that on the air?
I told you it was a secret.
What was I supposed to do?
You dump the hottest story
of the year in my lap.
If you didn't want me to report
it, you never should've told me.
I didn't mean to tell you.
You goaded me into it.
Hayden is never
going to forgive me.
Hayden's a big boy.
He knows how it is.
I'm not saying he's going
to be thrilled by it,
but what else
can he do?
HAYDEN: (SHOUTING) Christine!
That him?
Oh, God!
Yeah, right. Well, look,
I've got people waiting for me,
so I'll see you, okay?
You say hi to the big guy
for me, okay? Good.
Where's Clifton?
At dinner. Why?
I want to pull his tongue out
and tuck it in his pants.
Hayden, I know you're upset,
and you have every right to be.
I don't know how it happened.
It just slipped out.
I told you it was a
secret, Christine.
I know you did.
I trusted you.
Why would you do it?
I was trying to defend you.
From what? Success?
Bob was saying all these
terrible things about you,
like he always does.
You know how
he likes to get me going.
He was talking about how your
whole season was based on luck
and not skill,
and how you were going to have
an even worse season next year,
and how you weren't good
at recruiting and...
I just couldn't stand to hear
him berate you like that.
He berates me
and you destroy me.
Where do I come out ahead
in that, Christine?
I was just trying to explain
what the circumstances were.
I don't care
what the circumstances were.
I told you a secret.
I expected you to keep it.
Hayden, what can I say?
1 did a terrible thing
and I know it.
I knew it
the second I said it.
And if I could have taken it
back, I would have.
But I couldn't.
And I'm sorry.
I'm sorrier than
I've ever been in my life.
What I did is going to wreck
everything with Bo, isn't it?
Oh, yeah.
(GROANS)
Would it do any good if I called
him and explained things to him?
What are you going to say?
"It's not the coach's fault,
don't blame him.
"He can't trust the people
closest to him"?
I don't know
what else to say.
What I did was unforgivable.
Yeah.
You think so, too?
Well, Hayden,
if you can't forgive me,
what do we do?
I don't know, Christine.
Oh, Kelly! Stuart!
Christine,
what are you doing here?
Cooking.
What are you doing here?
We needed a fish for a
one-act play we were doing
and Kelly's father graciously
lent us his prized rainbow trout
with the stipulation that
if anything happened to it,
he would stuff
and mount me.
Did something happen to it?
Kind of.
We sent it down on a chair
and somebody sat on it.
We tried to glue it back together.
Can you tell?
It looks okay from here.
Great. Then if we hang it back over the
fireplace, he'll never notice.
Did you and Dad make up?
Not yet.
My being here
is kind of a surprise.
I thought I'd try
one more time.
What are you cooking?
Just about everything
that's in the refrigerator.
I was nervous.
The longer I sat,
the more nervous I got.
And when I get nervous,
I cook.
I am the same way.
How does that look?
Fine. He'll never know
it was broken.
(SIGHING) Now maybe
those nightmares will stop.
You know, if you and Dad
are going to talk,
we shouldn't be here.
I don't know
if we're going to talk.
So far, your father
hasn't been very responsive.
I know what you did
was bad,
but it sounds to me like you were
just trying to be supportive.
And I think Dad's a jerk for
staying mad at you this long.
He acts as if he'd be happier
if I just dropped off
the face of the earth.
Boy, I know
how that feels.
What's going on?
Nothing. Nothing.
We just returned your fish.
See, looks good,
doesn't it?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just no need to give
that fish another thought.
(DOOR CLOSING)
Hi.
What are you doing here?
Making chicken.
I don't get it.
Well, Hayden,
it's been 10 days
and I thought
I'd try to talk to you.
I don't really think there's
anything to talk about.
Look, I could understand why you
didn't feel like talking at first,
and I didn't try
to press it,
but a lot of time
has gone by now and...
I mean, you are planning on
forgiving me someday, right?
Sure. I forgive you.
But you still don't trust me.
Obviously, you can't get past this.
I'm going to go.
I don't know
what more I can do.
I made a mistake.
I can't correct it.
I can only be sorry, but that doesn't
seem to be good enough for you.
I'm just not ready yet,
Christine.
Fine.
When you get ready,
you give me a call.
Let's just hope when you
do that I'm still ready.
The chicken will be ready
in 12 minutes!
Hey, Coach.
Hey, Daub.
What you doing?
Altering my destiny.
Hearing about Danny graduating
has kind of inspired me.
I found out
he's an English major.
So from now on,
I'm an English major, too.
I figured if he can
do it in four years,
I can do it in four years.
Daub, you've been here
eight years.
And you spent the last two
as a Math major.
Now, if you go for
another four-year degree now,
won't that set you back
two years?
I don't know.
Let me see.
Eight plus four
plus two minus two...
What am I trying
to figure out here, Coach?
Nothing, Daub.
Just stick to English.
How's it going, guys?
Hey, Luth.
What are you reading,
Daub?
The Catcher In The Rye.
I thought I was
getting a baseball book,
but so far it's just about
some whiney kid in prep school.
I hate those kids.
Anything new from Bo?
I talked to him this morning.
He's not as upset as he was last week.
Anything new with you
and you-know-who?
Christine?
Well, I didn't want to come
right out and say her name.
Are you two going
to be talking for awhile?
Because if you are,
I'm going to go someplace else and study.
Dauber, this is my office.
(GRUNTING)
As we say in English,
I'll see you anon.
(DOOR CLOSES)
So, how are you
and you-know-who?
Christine.
You can say her name.
Okay, Christine.
There, I said it. You happy?
No.
Hayden, when are you
going to get over this?
You've been on the warpath
for two weeks now.
Slamming doors, barking your head
off, yelling at everybody you see.
Not that anybody'd notice anything
unusual, but I'm closer to you.
I pick up on these things.
What do you want
me to do, Luther?
Make up with her.
She forgives you all the time.
I don't know anybody else
who'd do that.
She's practically a priest.
Hayden, I haven't said anything up till
now, but I've got to tell you,
I think this is as much
your fault as it is hers.
How is it my fault?
If you didn't want
anybody to know,
you shouldn't have
told anybody.
But I didn't tell just
anybody, I told Christine.
If ll can't trust her,
who can I trust?
Luther, what's the point of having
a relationship with somebody
if you can't share
a secret with them?
I mean, sharing does
not come easy for me.
In all the time I was married to
Beth, I was never able to share.
Of course, the courts
put an end to that.
But the thing is,
I changed with Christine.
You know, I opened up,
and look what happened.
But she didn't mean
to do it, Hayden.
She slipped. People slip.
But not Christine!
I mean, I thought of her as being
perfect, and she's not.
She's just like
everybody else.
And I can't help it.
I'm disappointed.
Well, I understand that.
I know Christine's
not perfect.
But, boy, Hayden,
she's close.
Yeah, I know.
Closer than you.
I know.
A lot closer.
Luther...
All right, but she is.
Well, it's your life.
I'm not trying to tell you how to live it.
But I'll tell you one thing.
You can bet Christine's never
going to make this mistake again.
She is close, Hayden.
Real...
Closer than you-know-who.
Well, I guess
I've made my point.
She knows I was mad.
She knows she was wrong.
She's sorry.
Attaboy!
I knew you couldn't
stay mad forever.
Well, I like to think I can,
but I can't.
When are you going to
tell her you forgive her?
I'm gonna go over there
right now.
I just hope when I tell her the
wonderful news that I'm taking her back,
she doesn't throw
something at me.
What are you talking about?
Luther, I've held her over the
fire for a couple of weeks.
Chances are, she's probably
a little fried by now.
If she's mad,
just tell her you're sorry.
Right. I'll tell her
I'm sorry.
I don't believe this,
Luther.
It doesn't matter
who does what to who.
The last chapter is always
me saying I'm sorry.
I had it.
I had her apology
and I wouldn't take it.
I mean, I had it.
The fish was
in the boat.
The Governor is expected to sign
that bill sometime tomorrow.
In Duluth today,
talks broke down
between striking sanitation
workers and city officials.
Union spokesman
George Walton said
that he saw
no immediate end in sight,
and no new talks
have been scheduled.
That garbage strike
is now in its fourth day,
and Duluth residents are hopeful
that the temperatures remain cool.
When we return,
Andrea Hart
will have a report
from Bloomington
on anew fleet
of city school buses,
and Bob Clifton
will have all the sports.
MAN: And we're clear.
Two minutes.
BILL: Who's the idiot
behind the set?
What?
Christine! Hi.
BILL: Excuse me, Coach, is that you?
Yeah.
Get the hell off the set!
Just give us a second here,
Bill, would you?
Hayden, what are you doing here?
I need to talk to you.
In the middle of a broadcast?
Yeah, well,
I know it's a stupid place to do it,
but you know,
I just realized what a jerk I've been.
I could hardly wait
to tell you, Christine.
Anyway, this whole thing,
I learnt something from it... Well...
"To err is human,
and to forgive is divine."
And you're human
and you made an error.
And I'm forgiving you,
so it makes me divine...
I don't know!
This isn't
coming out right!
What I'm trying to say is,
lam forgiving you and, well,
you're back in my life.
What do you say?
(GROANS)
What did you
do that for?
How dare you!
You think you can come waltzing
in here after treating me
like I had the bubonic plague
for the past two weeks,
and then tell me
I'm back in your life?
(GROANS)
Cut that out!
What did you expect me to do?
Fall into your arms and thank you?
What would have been wrong with that?
A hug would have been good.
MAN: 30 seconds.
You put me through hell
these past two weeks!
I thought
I had ruined your team,
I thought
I'd hurt your career,
I was terrified you were
never going to forgive me.
(SOBBING) I haven't been able to
sleep, I can't stop crying.
And you expect me to hug you?
MAN: Ten seconds.
Why didn't you hug me?
Is that all you wanted,
was a hug?
A hug would've been good.
I'll hug you
if you won't hit me.
I won't hit you.
MAN: In five, four,
three, two...
A happy day
for local school children
as a new fleet of bright,
yellow school buses comes to town.
Andrea Hart has the report.
Are we clear?
Yes. Yes.
Are we okay?
Are you really
capable of forgiving me?
BILL: I hope so, because we're
coming back in about 40 seconds.
Yeah,
I can forgive you.
I mean, God knows
you've forgiven me and all
those mistakes I've made.
I really am sorry,
Hayden.
So am I.
I still feel
so bad about Bo.
Hey, losing Bo Whitley
isn't that bad.
Not as bad
as losing each other.
Besides,
can you keep a secret?
No!
Oh, come on.
I want to show
you I can trust you.
Nothing's definite yet,
okay?
But I've talked to Bo
a few times, and he says
that if we're willing to wait
until the end of the season
there's a chance he may play
for Minnesota State.
Hayden, that's wonderful!
MAN: In 10, Christine.
I can't tell you how much better I feel.
Yeah, me, too.
MAN: Four, three, two...
Thank you, Andrea.
And with scores and highlights
from the world of sports,
here's our own
Bob Clifton. Bob?
Thank you, Christine.
Well, sports fans,
that on-again,
off-again transfer
of super-talent Bo Whitley
to Minnesota State
just might be
on again!
This reporter
has just learned...
HAYDEN: Tell me
when we're clear!
filmed before a studio audience.
I have news, gentlemen,
and we can't let
anybody else hear it.
This is big.
Where have our teams
always been the weakest?
Linebackers.
Running back.
Wide receiver.
Special teams.
Passing!
We've always been
weakest at passing.
ALL: Oh, yeah. Right.
Come on, you guys, you know that's
where our trouble's always been.
We've never had
a great quarterback.
Until now.
Guess who wants to transfer
to Minnesota State?
Bo Whitley!
What?
What?
Bo Whitley's
leaving Missouri Tech?
Yeah. He said that if
we're willing to tear down
our entire program and
rebuild it around him,
he'll be willing
to transfer.
And I said, "Well, that's a little arrogant.
How soon can you get here?"
Whoa! Bo Whitley!
I can't believe it.
He's a franchise,
Hayden.
Yeah, he sure makes a mockery out of
the theory that this is a team sport.
Well, wait till people hear about this!
Oh, no! No!
Nobody's gonna hear about this.
Nobody.
Now, Bo's got a couple more
games to play at Missouri
and he doesn't want us to make an
announcement until the season's over.
Now, he said,
and he made it clear,
that if this leaks out,
we lose him.
I want everybody here
to take an oath of secrecy.
Okay, fellows, oath.
Come on. Oath.
(ALL MUTTERING)
Amen!
Amen.
Congratulations, gentlemen.
You're going to witness the dawn of
a new era here at Minnesota State.
But it doesn't leave this
room, remember that!
We got it. It doesn't
leave this room.
Dauber, you can
leave the room.
Oh.
Christine? Guess what?
Bo Whitley's
a first-class player
and we're going to build a
first-class program around him.
In fact, everything we do from
now on is going to be first-class.
(BURPING)
(CHRISTINE READING
NEWS ON TV)
Okay, everything we do from
now on is gonna be first-class.
Here's what I thought we'd do.
Let me diagram it.
Hey, can I turn off the TV?
I'm having trouble hearing.
Sorry, Luth, you know,
I want to watch Christine.
She always watches my ball games
and I always watch her broadcasts.
Right.
But you can
hit the mute button
until sports comes on.
Okay. Here's what
I thought we'd do.
Obviously, we move Bo
to quarterback.
What do we do with Danny?
Dauber,
Danny's graduating this year.
So soon?
He's been here
four years.
And he's not just leaving?
They're actually gonna
give him a degree?
Yeah, they're giving him a
degree in Economics or English...
Which one is it, Luth?
I don't know.
One of those E's.
Hey, turn up the TV.
Sports guy is on.
Up next, scores and
highlights with Bob Clifton.
Stay tuned.
MAN: And we're clear.
Two minutes, everybody.
BILL: Christine,
we're running long,
so we're gonna kill
your urban renewal story.
Got it.
Bob, you want to take the
damn gum out of your mouth?
So how's the luckiest football
coach in America doing?
I didn't hear that.
BILL: He said, "How's the luckiest
football coach in America doing?"
Thank you, Bill.
Come on, Christine. You have to
admit Hayden's had a lucky season.
I don't call 7 and 2 luck.
Neither do .
I call it a miracle.
I was being nice.
Why do you always do this?
She's getting hot.
She's getting hot, guys.
I am not getting hot.
I just don't know why we have
to go through this every night.
Because I'm interested
in your life, Christine,
and why you're dating the dumbest
football coach in America.
He is not the dumbest
football coach in America.
She's getting hot, guys.
Pat her down.
Could we just
drop this, please?
Hey, I'm just a fan.
I want to see my old school
do the best it can.
And they're doing
just fine with Hayden.
You don't know
your sports, Christine.
Take away this season,
and the guy's got a losing record.
And next year,
he's going right back
where he was before.
He is not.
He's losing his quarterback,
losing half
his offensive line,
and you know he's not
recruiting anybody decent.
Well, you don't know that.
Christine, I'm a TV journalist.
I read the papers.
He's got the same
group of second-stringers
and also-rans coming back
that he always has.
Well, you don't know that.
MAN: 30 seconds.
Everybody knows that.
He's a lousy coach!
Worst recruiter in America.
If he's the worst recruiter
in America,
how is he getting
Bo Whitley?
Bo Whitley?
He's getting Bo Whitley?
I didn't say that.
Yes, you did!
You said
he's getting Bo Whitley.
No, I didn't.
BILL: Christine, is that true?
We're getting Bo Whitley?
I said... l said Bo Diddley.
We're getting Bo Diddley.
He's going to play at our homecoming.
How the hell did Hayden Fox
ever land Bo Whitley?
MAN: 15 seconds.
Bob, please don't say
anything about this.
It's supposed
to be a big secret.
Can't we just keep this
between you and me
and the 30 people
in this studio
until Bo transfers next year?
MAN: In five, four, three...
Bob, please, please...
Pleased to be back.
Now here's my dear friend
Bob Clifton with sports.
Bob, there's a lot
of hockey fans out there.
How are
the North Stars doing?
Crummy. But buck up,
all you football fans.
This just in
from Minnesota State.
For all of you who
thought that next season
would be
just a rebuilding year,
it may turn out
to be a breakout year.
This reporter has learned
from a very reliable source
that Bo Whitley...
What?
...the All-American
quarterback from Missouri Tech
is transferring
to Minnesota State next year.
Holy cow!
Whitley has powered a virtually
unstoppable Tech offense
and he should be able to do the
same for the Screaming Eagles.
Now, if that's the case,
our hats are off to Coach Hayden Fox,
whose phenomenal luck this
season shows no signs of ending.
In other...
Where the hell
did he hear that?
Who leaked?
I didn't.
(STAMMERING)
Me, either.
Well, gee,
somebody told somebody!
I can't believe
after the speech you gave
any of the coaches
would tell anybody.
You didn't tell anybody, did you?
No, of course not.
I told Christine, but,
I mean, who would she tell?
Oh, I can't believe
Christine would blab.
I can't either.
I mean, she knows
how important this is to me.
It couldn't be her.
That's it for sports.
We'll have
a complete wrap-up at 11:00.
Back to you, Christine.
Christine?
CHRISTINE: Thanks, Bob.
We'll return with weather
in a moment.
All indications are it's
going to be a chilly night.
You going to Minneapolis?
Oh, yeah.
Boy, I wouldn't want
to be Christine right now.
When do you want
to be Christine?
Hey, we're all going out for dinner.
You gonna come?
You slimy, underhanded,
opportunistic, backstabbing,
bloodsucking little skunk!
Come on, Christine.
Turn that frown upside down.
Why would you
say that on the air?
I told you it was a secret.
What was I supposed to do?
You dump the hottest story
of the year in my lap.
If you didn't want me to report
it, you never should've told me.
I didn't mean to tell you.
You goaded me into it.
Hayden is never
going to forgive me.
Hayden's a big boy.
He knows how it is.
I'm not saying he's going
to be thrilled by it,
but what else
can he do?
HAYDEN: (SHOUTING) Christine!
That him?
Oh, God!
Yeah, right. Well, look,
I've got people waiting for me,
so I'll see you, okay?
You say hi to the big guy
for me, okay? Good.
Where's Clifton?
At dinner. Why?
I want to pull his tongue out
and tuck it in his pants.
Hayden, I know you're upset,
and you have every right to be.
I don't know how it happened.
It just slipped out.
I told you it was a
secret, Christine.
I know you did.
I trusted you.
Why would you do it?
I was trying to defend you.
From what? Success?
Bob was saying all these
terrible things about you,
like he always does.
You know how
he likes to get me going.
He was talking about how your
whole season was based on luck
and not skill,
and how you were going to have
an even worse season next year,
and how you weren't good
at recruiting and...
I just couldn't stand to hear
him berate you like that.
He berates me
and you destroy me.
Where do I come out ahead
in that, Christine?
I was just trying to explain
what the circumstances were.
I don't care
what the circumstances were.
I told you a secret.
I expected you to keep it.
Hayden, what can I say?
1 did a terrible thing
and I know it.
I knew it
the second I said it.
And if I could have taken it
back, I would have.
But I couldn't.
And I'm sorry.
I'm sorrier than
I've ever been in my life.
What I did is going to wreck
everything with Bo, isn't it?
Oh, yeah.
(GROANS)
Would it do any good if I called
him and explained things to him?
What are you going to say?
"It's not the coach's fault,
don't blame him.
"He can't trust the people
closest to him"?
I don't know
what else to say.
What I did was unforgivable.
Yeah.
You think so, too?
Well, Hayden,
if you can't forgive me,
what do we do?
I don't know, Christine.
Oh, Kelly! Stuart!
Christine,
what are you doing here?
Cooking.
What are you doing here?
We needed a fish for a
one-act play we were doing
and Kelly's father graciously
lent us his prized rainbow trout
with the stipulation that
if anything happened to it,
he would stuff
and mount me.
Did something happen to it?
Kind of.
We sent it down on a chair
and somebody sat on it.
We tried to glue it back together.
Can you tell?
It looks okay from here.
Great. Then if we hang it back over the
fireplace, he'll never notice.
Did you and Dad make up?
Not yet.
My being here
is kind of a surprise.
I thought I'd try
one more time.
What are you cooking?
Just about everything
that's in the refrigerator.
I was nervous.
The longer I sat,
the more nervous I got.
And when I get nervous,
I cook.
I am the same way.
How does that look?
Fine. He'll never know
it was broken.
(SIGHING) Now maybe
those nightmares will stop.
You know, if you and Dad
are going to talk,
we shouldn't be here.
I don't know
if we're going to talk.
So far, your father
hasn't been very responsive.
I know what you did
was bad,
but it sounds to me like you were
just trying to be supportive.
And I think Dad's a jerk for
staying mad at you this long.
He acts as if he'd be happier
if I just dropped off
the face of the earth.
Boy, I know
how that feels.
What's going on?
Nothing. Nothing.
We just returned your fish.
See, looks good,
doesn't it?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just no need to give
that fish another thought.
(DOOR CLOSING)
Hi.
What are you doing here?
Making chicken.
I don't get it.
Well, Hayden,
it's been 10 days
and I thought
I'd try to talk to you.
I don't really think there's
anything to talk about.
Look, I could understand why you
didn't feel like talking at first,
and I didn't try
to press it,
but a lot of time
has gone by now and...
I mean, you are planning on
forgiving me someday, right?
Sure. I forgive you.
But you still don't trust me.
Obviously, you can't get past this.
I'm going to go.
I don't know
what more I can do.
I made a mistake.
I can't correct it.
I can only be sorry, but that doesn't
seem to be good enough for you.
I'm just not ready yet,
Christine.
Fine.
When you get ready,
you give me a call.
Let's just hope when you
do that I'm still ready.
The chicken will be ready
in 12 minutes!
Hey, Coach.
Hey, Daub.
What you doing?
Altering my destiny.
Hearing about Danny graduating
has kind of inspired me.
I found out
he's an English major.
So from now on,
I'm an English major, too.
I figured if he can
do it in four years,
I can do it in four years.
Daub, you've been here
eight years.
And you spent the last two
as a Math major.
Now, if you go for
another four-year degree now,
won't that set you back
two years?
I don't know.
Let me see.
Eight plus four
plus two minus two...
What am I trying
to figure out here, Coach?
Nothing, Daub.
Just stick to English.
How's it going, guys?
Hey, Luth.
What are you reading,
Daub?
The Catcher In The Rye.
I thought I was
getting a baseball book,
but so far it's just about
some whiney kid in prep school.
I hate those kids.
Anything new from Bo?
I talked to him this morning.
He's not as upset as he was last week.
Anything new with you
and you-know-who?
Christine?
Well, I didn't want to come
right out and say her name.
Are you two going
to be talking for awhile?
Because if you are,
I'm going to go someplace else and study.
Dauber, this is my office.
(GRUNTING)
As we say in English,
I'll see you anon.
(DOOR CLOSES)
So, how are you
and you-know-who?
Christine.
You can say her name.
Okay, Christine.
There, I said it. You happy?
No.
Hayden, when are you
going to get over this?
You've been on the warpath
for two weeks now.
Slamming doors, barking your head
off, yelling at everybody you see.
Not that anybody'd notice anything
unusual, but I'm closer to you.
I pick up on these things.
What do you want
me to do, Luther?
Make up with her.
She forgives you all the time.
I don't know anybody else
who'd do that.
She's practically a priest.
Hayden, I haven't said anything up till
now, but I've got to tell you,
I think this is as much
your fault as it is hers.
How is it my fault?
If you didn't want
anybody to know,
you shouldn't have
told anybody.
But I didn't tell just
anybody, I told Christine.
If ll can't trust her,
who can I trust?
Luther, what's the point of having
a relationship with somebody
if you can't share
a secret with them?
I mean, sharing does
not come easy for me.
In all the time I was married to
Beth, I was never able to share.
Of course, the courts
put an end to that.
But the thing is,
I changed with Christine.
You know, I opened up,
and look what happened.
But she didn't mean
to do it, Hayden.
She slipped. People slip.
But not Christine!
I mean, I thought of her as being
perfect, and she's not.
She's just like
everybody else.
And I can't help it.
I'm disappointed.
Well, I understand that.
I know Christine's
not perfect.
But, boy, Hayden,
she's close.
Yeah, I know.
Closer than you.
I know.
A lot closer.
Luther...
All right, but she is.
Well, it's your life.
I'm not trying to tell you how to live it.
But I'll tell you one thing.
You can bet Christine's never
going to make this mistake again.
She is close, Hayden.
Real...
Closer than you-know-who.
Well, I guess
I've made my point.
She knows I was mad.
She knows she was wrong.
She's sorry.
Attaboy!
I knew you couldn't
stay mad forever.
Well, I like to think I can,
but I can't.
When are you going to
tell her you forgive her?
I'm gonna go over there
right now.
I just hope when I tell her the
wonderful news that I'm taking her back,
she doesn't throw
something at me.
What are you talking about?
Luther, I've held her over the
fire for a couple of weeks.
Chances are, she's probably
a little fried by now.
If she's mad,
just tell her you're sorry.
Right. I'll tell her
I'm sorry.
I don't believe this,
Luther.
It doesn't matter
who does what to who.
The last chapter is always
me saying I'm sorry.
I had it.
I had her apology
and I wouldn't take it.
I mean, I had it.
The fish was
in the boat.
The Governor is expected to sign
that bill sometime tomorrow.
In Duluth today,
talks broke down
between striking sanitation
workers and city officials.
Union spokesman
George Walton said
that he saw
no immediate end in sight,
and no new talks
have been scheduled.
That garbage strike
is now in its fourth day,
and Duluth residents are hopeful
that the temperatures remain cool.
When we return,
Andrea Hart
will have a report
from Bloomington
on anew fleet
of city school buses,
and Bob Clifton
will have all the sports.
MAN: And we're clear.
Two minutes.
BILL: Who's the idiot
behind the set?
What?
Christine! Hi.
BILL: Excuse me, Coach, is that you?
Yeah.
Get the hell off the set!
Just give us a second here,
Bill, would you?
Hayden, what are you doing here?
I need to talk to you.
In the middle of a broadcast?
Yeah, well,
I know it's a stupid place to do it,
but you know,
I just realized what a jerk I've been.
I could hardly wait
to tell you, Christine.
Anyway, this whole thing,
I learnt something from it... Well...
"To err is human,
and to forgive is divine."
And you're human
and you made an error.
And I'm forgiving you,
so it makes me divine...
I don't know!
This isn't
coming out right!
What I'm trying to say is,
lam forgiving you and, well,
you're back in my life.
What do you say?
(GROANS)
What did you
do that for?
How dare you!
You think you can come waltzing
in here after treating me
like I had the bubonic plague
for the past two weeks,
and then tell me
I'm back in your life?
(GROANS)
Cut that out!
What did you expect me to do?
Fall into your arms and thank you?
What would have been wrong with that?
A hug would have been good.
MAN: 30 seconds.
You put me through hell
these past two weeks!
I thought
I had ruined your team,
I thought
I'd hurt your career,
I was terrified you were
never going to forgive me.
(SOBBING) I haven't been able to
sleep, I can't stop crying.
And you expect me to hug you?
MAN: Ten seconds.
Why didn't you hug me?
Is that all you wanted,
was a hug?
A hug would've been good.
I'll hug you
if you won't hit me.
I won't hit you.
MAN: In five, four,
three, two...
A happy day
for local school children
as a new fleet of bright,
yellow school buses comes to town.
Andrea Hart has the report.
Are we clear?
Yes. Yes.
Are we okay?
Are you really
capable of forgiving me?
BILL: I hope so, because we're
coming back in about 40 seconds.
Yeah,
I can forgive you.
I mean, God knows
you've forgiven me and all
those mistakes I've made.
I really am sorry,
Hayden.
So am I.
I still feel
so bad about Bo.
Hey, losing Bo Whitley
isn't that bad.
Not as bad
as losing each other.
Besides,
can you keep a secret?
No!
Oh, come on.
I want to show
you I can trust you.
Nothing's definite yet,
okay?
But I've talked to Bo
a few times, and he says
that if we're willing to wait
until the end of the season
there's a chance he may play
for Minnesota State.
Hayden, that's wonderful!
MAN: In 10, Christine.
I can't tell you how much better I feel.
Yeah, me, too.
MAN: Four, three, two...
Thank you, Andrea.
And with scores and highlights
from the world of sports,
here's our own
Bob Clifton. Bob?
Thank you, Christine.
Well, sports fans,
that on-again,
off-again transfer
of super-talent Bo Whitley
to Minnesota State
just might be
on again!
This reporter
has just learned...
HAYDEN: Tell me
when we're clear!